G. Host
12-15-2007, 04:32 AM
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/billsnfl/story/228697.html#
The Bills have spent very close to their self-imposed limit for the year of $112 million in actual cash. They’re right at that number, according to my figures.
The NFL salary cap of $112 million does not count actual cash outlays this fiscal year. In the NFL’s cap accounting, signing bonuses are spread out over the length of the deal. So a $5 million bonus on a five-year contract counts $1 million each year toward the cap. The Bills stood $6.5 million under the cap as of last week, according to the NFL Players Association.
However, union sources say that number includes roughly $5 million in what are called “likely to be earned” incentives for a couple of recently signed players — Shaud Williams and Leon Joe. Those incentives aren’t going to be earned. This has become a fairly common practice by teams. Through a quirk in the cap rules some incentives that have no chance of being gained fall into the “likely” category. Likely to be earned incentives that are not earned — meaning the player doesn’t perform to the standard — get added to the team’s cap limit for the next season. So it’s a convenient way for a team to give itself a little more cap room for the next season. It also serves to make a team look closer to the cap limit for the current season than it otherwise would be.
Where is the $30 million some of the posters are pulling out of their asses?
The Bills have spent very close to their self-imposed limit for the year of $112 million in actual cash. They’re right at that number, according to my figures.
The NFL salary cap of $112 million does not count actual cash outlays this fiscal year. In the NFL’s cap accounting, signing bonuses are spread out over the length of the deal. So a $5 million bonus on a five-year contract counts $1 million each year toward the cap. The Bills stood $6.5 million under the cap as of last week, according to the NFL Players Association.
However, union sources say that number includes roughly $5 million in what are called “likely to be earned” incentives for a couple of recently signed players — Shaud Williams and Leon Joe. Those incentives aren’t going to be earned. This has become a fairly common practice by teams. Through a quirk in the cap rules some incentives that have no chance of being gained fall into the “likely” category. Likely to be earned incentives that are not earned — meaning the player doesn’t perform to the standard — get added to the team’s cap limit for the next season. So it’s a convenient way for a team to give itself a little more cap room for the next season. It also serves to make a team look closer to the cap limit for the current season than it otherwise would be.
Where is the $30 million some of the posters are pulling out of their asses?